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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6,-1915.

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APPLICATIQN FILED FEB. 6, 1915.

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STOVE.

Application filed February 6, 1915. Serial No. 6,431.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN D. BAXTER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in stoves and the primary object thereof is to provide a unitary stove structure which can be used to burn solid and gaseous fuel either simultaneously or separately and to. enable the stove to be easily, quickly and conveniently changed or converted for burning solid and gaseous fuel, separately or simultaneously, which change can be effected without the removal of bolts, screws or the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the products of combustion may be conducted either separately or simultaneously fromthe solid and gaseous fuel to the stove top and to also enable the oven and stove top to be heated by use of either fuel.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a stove which can be rapidly con verted to consume fuel of the variety which is most accessible or economical to the user for either heating or cooking purposes.

Other and further objects are to generally improve, simplify and economize in the structure of stoves of the character to which e invention relates and to enable the inntion to be carried into practice by use of imiun parts which are compact and are lily efficient in use. n the drawings: Figure l is a top plan iew of the invention as used for burning both fuels; Fig. 2 is a front side elevation; l 3 is a rear side elevation partly in secu a: is a sectional view on the line ail of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a central longitudisectional View of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a on taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary longitudinal secal view of Fig. 1 showing the stove ar- '-.=.-..gcd to burn solid fuel; and Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

in proceeding in accordance with the present invention, the stove 1 which may be of cast iron, or sheet metal, is provided Specificationof Letters Patent.

with the usual heat chamber or passage 2 formed iy and between the oven top 3 and the stove top f.

A series of gas burners 5 for heating the stove top are disposed in the passage 2 and are removably secured in position by any appropriate means.

The main flue or pipe 6 is provided with oflset or lateral chambers 7 and 8 which communicate therewith through openings 9 and 10 respectively, formed in the sides of the fine 6, the end of the stove having openings 9 and 10 which establish communication between the respective chambers 7 and S and the passage 2. Sliding dampers 11 and 12 control the openings 9 and 10 re spectively, while a hinged damper 13 operable by handle 14: projecting above the stove top, controls an opening 13 which establishes communication between the flue 6 and the passage 2.

The fire box 15 is provided with a conventional form of duplex grate 16 to enable solid fuel of different character to be burned.

Referring now to Figs. 58 of the drawings, it will be apparent that the bottom of the oven is provided with a lateral cutout portion bounded 011 its sides by ledges 17 and 18, which latter removably support a box-like carrier at by engaging side flanges 19 and formed on said carrier. A gaseous fuel burner 21 is appropriately connected to the carrier 0.

As just stated the carrier at is removable, and when removed, the opening wherein same is received is closed by a plate 22 having shouldered flanges 23 and 2d which inter-fit with the ledges 17 and 18 as depicted in Fig. 7 of the drawings. The plate 22 is utilized when it is desired to heat the oven solely with solid fuel.

Preferably the plate 22 carries an inclined deflector strip 25 which depends therefrom and traverses the heat passage below the oven so as to assure uniform distribution of the heat below the oven. A pipe 26 supplies gaseous fuel to the series of top burners 5 and the bottom burner 21.

For the purpose of preventing the products of combustion from and when solid fuel is usedentering the passage 2, a partition or baffle plate 29 is employed which, as shown in Fig. 1 extends across passage2 and.

is removably fastened to the oven top 3 by means of lugs 29" borne by the partition 29 and'engaged by swinging or pivoted cam latches 30 that are connected to the oven 'top' 3. A series of apertures 31 formed in the flue 6 are controlled by a sliding plate 33 as depicted in Figs. 5 and 8, and are employed for the purpose of allowing escape of the products of combustion into the fine 6, when the burner 21 is used.

As shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, a sliding strip 3% has slots through which screws 35 pass, the screws being secured to the stove body, the strip being employed to control the openings through which the supply pipes to burners 5 pass and thus govern the amount of air which enters passage 2 and is fed to the burners 5.

The lower portion of the fine 6 is provided with. an inlet 39 as shown in Fig. 7 which communicates with the bottom and rear heat passages 38 and 37 respectively In operation, when it is desired to heat the oven with gaseous fuel, the burner carrier a is placed in position, and the slide 33 is moved to uncover the apertures 31.

hen solid fuel is to be burned, carrier (4 is removed and plate 22 is placed in position in the oven bottom, the partition 29 being retained in place, thus permitting the prod nets of combustion to enter flue 6 through openings 9 and 9 or if desired the products of combustion maybe permitted to directly enter the flue through opening 13 by opening the damper 13 and removing the partition 29.

In event of the oven being heated by use of solid fuel, the dampers 11, 12 and 13 are closed, thereby causing the heat to pass over the oven to) 2'. e. through passage 2, then down fine 3 through flue 38 and entering opening 39, passes up flue G.

Vlhen the oven is heated by use of gaseous fuel, air is admitted to burner 21 through an opening 40, Flg. 2,'wh1ch opening may be closed by a plate, not shown,

when the oven is heated by the use of solid fuel.

The above described structure provides a stove that can be readily used in event of gaseous fuel being unavailable or upon reduction of gas pressure, and also enables the stove to be used to burn solid fuel, debris, garbage or other refuse,and at the same time gas, if desired.

hat is claimed is:

1. In a stove having an oven the bottom of which is provided with a cut out portion, a heat passage below the oven, and a fine having an opening leading into said passage, a burner carrier removably engaged in said cut-out portion, and an imperforate plate for closing said out out portion when the carrier is removed, said plate having a depending heat deflecting strip which extends across the heat passage beneatlrthe oven and is disposed to the rearof the flue opening and is adapted to have an end thereof engagea side wall of the heat passage. 7

2. In a stove having an oven and a heat passage thereabove, a heat deflector having its lower longitudinal free edge seated upon the top of the oven and having outwardly extending lugs which also seat upon the oven top, a series of pivoted cam latches pivoted to the oven top and engageable with said lugs to rcmovably sustain the deflector in position.

3. In a stove having an oven with heat passages above and below same, a flue having a lower opening leading into the lower pas-V sage, said flue having an upper opening leading into the upper passage, means to control said upper flue opening, a pair of lateral chambers on opposite sides of the flue com- 7 municating therewith and with theupper passage, and means to independently control the communications of said lateral chambers with the upper passage;

In a stove having an oven with passages above and below same, a fine having a lower opening leading into the lower passage, said flue having an upper opening leading into the upper passage, means to. control said upper-flue opening, a' pair of lateral. chambers on opposite sides of the flue communicating therewith and with the upper passage, means to independently control the communications of said lateral chambers with the upper passage, and a removable deflector in the upper heat passage .adapted to extend entirely thereacross and to enable the heat to'enter one of saidchambers and therethrough enter the fine. I

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

EDWIN D. BAXTER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. Coss, PEARL M. YUNCHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, y addressing the Commissioner of fatnts,

Washington, D. G. i 

